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Posted in thread: Blichmann BrewEasy on 01-06-2015 at 10:13 PMI have determined that free roaming hops are the biggest weakness of this system.My first batch
definitely suffered from this very issue. Looking to get a hop spider for future batches.
Curious as to ...

Posted in thread: Blichmann BrewEasy on 01-06-2015 at 04:43 PMPugalicious, how do you set this up on BeerSmith? I don't see any equipment setting (or other
settings for that matter) for the Brew Easy system. I have BeerSmith 2.0 on my phone and a 10
gal Brew Eas...

Posted in thread: Blichmann BrewEasy on 01-06-2015 at 08:59 AMFinally getting around to sharing some notes from the first brew day. I'll try to share the
second brew day's notes tomorrow.My first brew was a 9 gallon batch (don't ask) IPA. Here are
the planned nu...

Posted in thread: Blichmann BrewEasy on 01-05-2015 at 03:42 AMThrough many trials, my most accurate temps are taken just as the wort leaves the mash tun
during recirculation.JimGood to know. I did buy a thrumometer. Maybe I can set it up
temporarily with a coupl...

Posted in thread: Blichmann BrewEasy on 01-05-2015 at 03:38 AMTry that same test with water at mash temperatures and recirculating at mash volumes. I think
you'll see a difference. Also, temps in the grainbed are somewhat misleading. Through many
trials, my most...

Posted in thread: Blichmann BrewEasy on 01-04-2015 at 11:11 PMHere's some info on the temp loss from the sensor to the mash tun. In my test with just water,
there seems no be no (or VERY) little loss. Certainly less than a degree. Here's the vid:EDIT:
I removed ...

Posted in thread: Blichmann BrewEasy on 01-04-2015 at 09:31 PMHere's a quick overview video I took on my first brew day during the mash. More notes and vids
coming later.

Posted in thread: Blichmann BrewEasy on 01-04-2015 at 09:13 PMI just recirculated the boiling wort through the hoses and chiller for last 15 minutes of boil.
Easy clean. At flame out turn on the cold water to chiller and continue recirculating until
down to almo...

Posted in thread: Blichmann BrewEasy on 01-04-2015 at 08:27 PMFor those that have brewed with this system, after you have recirced and drained the MLT to the
kettle, how have you cleaned the pump and recirc lines? Also how have you sanitized them in
preparation ...